The fluff for this army is based on the idea that in the chapter's past it was betrayed by a rogue detachment of Imperial Guard it had been allied with in a long campaign, and the entire chapter was almost annihilated in their decietful trap. In order to preserve their gene-seed, these Space Marines became obsessed with the recovery of their fallen battle brothers and the Apothecaries of the chapter are now more numerous than those of other chapters; to that end every squad in this army has an Apothecary. Also the Chapter manufactured more Dreadnoughts than most chapters (at the expense of their Bike and Speeder regiments) in order to preserve their fallen comrades. These practices have continued to the present day and have become entrenched in the Chapter's battle-practices.
This is a 'shooty' styled Marine Army, with two 'shooty' Dreads as heavy support, three 'shooty' marine squads and three Razorbacks (well, more shooty than Rhino's at any rate) lending their support. There are two assault-geared squads (the command squad and a veteran squad) armed for precise disemboweling. This is quite an odd Marine army and I'm not sure of its effectiveness, but I'd like to hear any feedback.
"The Glorious Lance" 2000 Point Space Marine Army
Significant Chapter Divergence
Trait Advantages:
Heed the Wisdom of the Ancients (Take Dreadnoughts as Heavy Support)
Purity Above All (Upgrade Veteran Sergeants in Vet and Tac Squads to Apothecary for +25)
Major Drawback:
Eye to Eye (Only 0-1 Land Speeder, Bike or Attack Bike Squadron)
Minor Drawback:
We Stand Alone (May not use any Allies)
HQ
Master "VEROC": 60
2 Lightning Claws: 30
Articifer Armour: 20
Iron Halo: 25
Command Squad "VEROC" - 5 Command Marines: 75
Veteran Sergeant: 15
Power Fist + Bolt Pistol: 25
Squad Terminator Honours: 40
Standard Bearer: 25
Apothecary: 25
Company Champion: 20
Flamer Marine: 6
Razorback: 70
Extra Armour: 5
Smoke Launchers: 3
HQ TOTAL: 444
ELITES
Veteran Squad "FIREFOX" - 6 Veteran Marines: 108
Apothecary (Upgraded from Veteran): 40
Squad Terminator Honours: 50
Flamer: 6
4 Bolt Pistols + Close Combat Weapons
Furious Assault
Razorback: 70
Extra Armour: 5
Smoke Launchers: 3
"FIREFOX" TOTAL: 282
Veteran Squad "LANCE" - 6 Veteran Marines: 108
Apothecary (Upgraded from Veteran): 40
Lascannon: 15
Plasma Gun: 10
3 Bolters
Tank Hunters
Razorback: 70
Twin-link Lascannon: 20
Extra Armour: 5
Smoke Launchers: 3
"LANCE" TOTAL: 271
ELITES TOTAL: 553
TROOPS
Tactical Squad "FURY" - 9 Tactical Marines: 135
Apothecary (Upgraded from Veteran): 40
Plasma Cannon: 20
Plasma Gun: 10
Rhino: 50
Extra Armour: 5
"FURY" TOTAL: 260
Tactical Squad "BASTION" - 9 Tactical Marines: 135
Apothecary (Upgraded from Veteran): 40
Lascannon: 15
Plasma Gun: 10
Rhino: 50
Extra Armour: 5
"BASTION" TOTAL: 255
TROOPS TOTAL: 515
HEAVY SUPPORT
Dreadnought "TITAN": 105
Lascannon: 20
Missile Launcher: 10
Venerable: 20
Tank Hunters: 10
Drop Pod: 30
"TITAN" TOTAL: 195
Dreadnought "BEHEMOTH": 105
Assault Cannon
Close Combat Weapon + Storm Bolter
Drop Pod: 30
"BEHEMOTH" TOTAL: 135
Dreadnought "INFERNOX": 105
Multi-Melta: 10
Close Combat Weapon + Heavy Flamer: 10
Drop Pod: 30
"INFERNOX" TOTAL: 155
HEAVY SUPPORT TOTAL: 485
ARMY TOTAL: 1997
Space Marines: 36
Dreadnoughts: 3
Vehicles: 5